When we were growing up we did not realize but life in INDIA is peppered with symbolism at every nook and corner, each one with its associated rituals... almost like living in Disney world but real. I miss that. Do you?

Nick Vaidya, Managing Editor

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Besides my doctoral training in empiricism and modern psychology, I am deeply influenced by the ancient wisdom of the Vedanta or its better known cousin - The Bhagavad Gita. On the surface at least the two influences seem diametrically opposing, which gives me a special perspective that is also augmented by my extensive background in entrepreneurship and leadership roles in business, sales, and marketing.

Here I share my view of the world with a tinge of the "VedantaFactor" every now and then. This will offer a constant reminder of that perspective and might encourage the reader to study my favorite book - The Vedanta Treatise. My conversations with business leaders of the world also explore them with the VedantaFactor in mind. It is evident to me that those who have the "VendantaFactor" do better than others.

At the very core is the concept of choice making and actions. Anybody can make good choices when the evidence is compelling and when one is not conflicted. Unfortunately we are almost always conflicted because we want to have our cake and eat it too. As such, it seems the key to leadership and success would lay in fixing that problem first. Because the one thing that separates the wheat from the chaff are the choices we make. It is a shame that still we are not teaching "Self Management" in our schools (unless we include Peter Drucker's writing later in his life on self management as a means for better business management).

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